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A51574 The acts of the witnesses of the spirit in five parts / by Lodowick Mvggleton ..., left by him to be publish'd after's death. Muggleton, Lodowick, 1609-1698. 1699 (1699) Wing M3040; ESTC R11186 121,881 188

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